KIEV- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday brought cocaine and marijuana bought on the Internet to a government meeting to show how easily they could be procured in the country.
At a...
MARSEILLE- French and Italian police nabbed one of Italy's most wanted Mafia figures in a joint operation in Marseille, police sources said Saturday.
Giuseppe Falsone was arrested in an upscale...
NEW YORK, Luis Torres de la Llosa- A man in New York's East Village runs his hands down the piano keys and reveals the secrets of the blues to a young boy -- a scene in one corner of New York that...
WASHINGTON- Being a good father is "the most important job," President Barack Obama said Monday as he unveiled a series of initiatives to help US dads engage in responsible parenting.
A day after...
PARIS, Rory Mulholland- Paris police on Tuesday banned a controversial "pork sausage and wine" street party planned by extremist groups to combat what they saw as the "Islamisation" of a city...
PORT-AU-PRINCE- At least 58 children are languishing in Haitian jails on the heels of the January earthquake that devastated the capital area, a rights group reported Sunday.
"These minors are...
BERLIN- German teachers are to get guidelines on handling the issue of forced marriages with pupils, the government said Friday after a spate of cases hit the headlines.
"Forced marriage is an...
CAIRO- Egypt wants to make Alexandria its first smoke-free city, hoping it will set an example and persuade the rest of the country, whose anti-smoking law is widely ignored, to kick the habit....
JERUSALEM- Menacing Hebrew graffiti was found on a mosque outside the Israeli city of Haifa on Wednesday, a religious foundation said, amid rising threats against leaders of the country's Arab...
PARIS, Myriam Chaplain-Riou - His stirring speeches and tales of wartime struggle have helped make Charles de Gaulle an icon of French patriotism. But are his writings worthy of being taught as...